The Mompreneurs Corrie Wilder and Yelena Mogelefsky are two moms who bonded on their daily Long Island Railroad commute and hung out together with their children at "mommy and me" gym classes. One day, Corrie's daughter helped take their friendship to a new level—after a tantrum about wanting to wear tights to gym class (when the rule there was to wear gripper socks) Corrie turned to Yelena and said "we have to make it so this doesn't happen ever again!" After a bit of research in our kids sock drawers, we noticed that not all of their socks had non-skid bottoms and none of the girls' tights had a grippie sole. Without some kind of  "grippies" on their socks and tights, there was no way to avoid our kids slipping and falling on our wood and tile floors, and no way to avoid Corrie's "girly girl's" gym fashion freakouts! We couldn't find a product made specifically to make regular tights and socks non-skid in the marketplace. Unwilling to accept this as a final answer, we decided to make it ourselves! Thanks for visiting, and thanks for trying GRiPPiES! Be sure to check out our blog to learn more about our journey—from idea through product development, from trademarks to patents to market—we're sharing it all!